FAA's top brass leaving The FAA's chief of regulation and certification, Tony Broderick, has retired in the aftermath of investigations into the crash of a ValuJet airliner in Florida. Contributing to his decision was a pending proposal to split the branch he now heads, creating separate regulation and certification offices.

GENERAL From reader Robert (Boom) Powell: Pilots, controllers, and mechanics refer to various aircraft by using descriptive nicknames, not all of which are complimentary. Can you name the aircraft to which the following refer?a.